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24. You'll have to lop off the Blue Dogs and the "New Dems" (DLC)

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The Progressive Caucus in Congress has more members than
the Blue Dogs and the New Dems combined, but when those
two throw in with the republicans, there's not much that we
can do about it.

The Progressive Caucus is who Rahm Emanuel was talking
to when he told them that their aims were "fucking retarded".

Support your Progressive Democrat:

Arizona

Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

California

Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa)
George Miller (CA-7, Richmond)
Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland)
Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
Janice Hahn (CA-36, San Pedro)
Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles)
Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
Karen Bass (CA-33, Baldwin Hills)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego)

Colorado

Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)
Connecticut

Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

Florida

Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
Frederica Wilson (FL-17, Miami)
Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)

Georgia

Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)
Hawaii

Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
Indiana

André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

Maine

Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

Maryland

Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

Massachusetts
John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton)
John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

Michigan

John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit)

Minnesota

Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis) - Co-Chair

Mississippi

Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)

Missouri

William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City) - Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

New Jersey

Frank Pallone (NJ-06, Long Branch)
Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)

New Mexico

Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

New York

Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem)
José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester)

North Carolina

Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

Ohio

Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

Oregon

Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)
Pennsylvania

Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)

Tennessee

Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

Vermont

Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

Virginia

Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

Wisconsin
Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

Non-voting

Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)


Senate members

Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

Former Members

Sherrod Brown (OH-13) - Elected to Senate
Roland Burris (IL Senate) - Retired from Congress
Julia Carson (IN-07) - Died in December 2007
Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress
Alan Grayson (FL-8) defeated for re-election in 2010
John Hall (NY-19) defeated for re-election in 2010
Phil Hare (IL-17) defeated for re-election in 2010
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) defeated for re-nomination in 2010
Eric Massa (NY-29) - Resigned in March 2010
Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional seat to current caucus member Hank Johnson
Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress
Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader
Hilda Solis (CA-32) - Became Secretary of Labor in 2009
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Died in 2008
Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) - Died in plane crash in 2002
Robert Wexler (FL-19) - Resigned in January 2010 to become President of the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation